Odom Duncan T, Dowell Robin D, Jacobsen Elizabeth S, Gordon William, Danford Timothy W, MacIsaac Kenzie D, Rolfe P Alexander, Conboy Caitlin M, Gifford David K, Fraenkel Ernest
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA.
Nat Genet. 2007 Jun;39(6):730-2. doi: 10.1038/ng2047. Epub 2007 May 21.
We demonstrate that the binding sites for highly conserved transcription factors vary extensively between human and mouse. We mapped the binding of four tissue-specific transcription factors (FOXA2, HNF1A, HNF4A and HNF6) to 4,000 orthologous gene pairs in hepatocytes purified from human and mouse livers. Despite the conserved function of these factors, from 41% to 89% of their binding events seem to be species specific. When the same protein binds the promoters of orthologous genes, approximately two-thirds of the binding sites do not align.
我们证明,高度保守的转录因子的结合位点在人类和小鼠之间存在广泛差异。我们将四种组织特异性转录因子(FOXA2、HNF1A、HNF4A和HNF6)与从人类和小鼠肝脏中纯化的肝细胞中的4000对直系同源基因对的结合进行了定位。尽管这些因子具有保守功能,但其41%至89%的结合事件似乎具有物种特异性。当同一蛋白质与直系同源基因的启动子结合时,大约三分之二的结合位点并不对齐。